For the Love of Us All

NEVER IN DOUBT

( the story of SAINT THOMAS )

How many of us

Have seen a sporting event

A particular nitty-gritty contest

Where you had no idea

Who was going to win

Then after the outcome

And your team won

Thought or said,

“The outcome

Was never in doubt”

Well I am here to tell you

The story of Saint Thomas

The story of “Doubting Thomas”

Well I am here to tell you

That the outcome was

“NEVER IN DOUBT”

We forget

That when Martha and Mary

Summoned Jesus to come back

And help Lazarus

Many of the other Apostles

Didn’t want to go

Because they had

To go through Judea

An area

Where Jesus had just almost been stoned

They were afraid

Then Thomas spoke up and said,

“LET us also go

That we may die with him”                                                    John 14:16

Then we flash forward

To after Jesus’ death

To where we find Thomas saying;

“Unless I see

The nail marks in his hands

And put my finger

Where the nails were

And put my hands into his side

I will NOT believe it”                                                               John 20:25

Do you ever feel that way

I know that I do

Thomas is our inspiration

For those of us

Still struggling with our faith

For whatever reason

For we know

That Thomas

Went on to preach about Jesus

After the Resurrection

And was martyred for it

Saint Thomas

Is the Saint of architects

And the spiritually blind

For those of us like Saint Thomas

Struggling with our faith

Like our favorites sports team

Striving for victory

WE WILL TRIUMPH

For we know that the outcome is

NEVER IN DOUBT

Robert P. Wallman

7-2-12

Ps        Thomas’ feast day is July the 3rd